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Iconography and Power

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The face may change while the weight of gold does not. Only the portrait changed; the substance stayed as before. You will learn to tell such moments apart.

  1. 3000 BC Mesopotamia  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  2. 550 BC The Greek City-States  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  3. 460 BC The Spring of Arethusa  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  4. 405 BC Euainetos  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  5. 405 BC Kimon's Facing Head  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  6. 336 BC Alexander the Great  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  7. 323 BC The Horns of Ammon  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  8. 305 BC Ptolemy's Egypt  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  9. 44 BC Caesar  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  10. the fifteenth of March, 44 BC The Senate  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  11. 43 BC The Camp of Brutus  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  12. 30 BC Cleopatra  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  13. 27 BC The Roman Empire  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  14. 1815 Exhibition room of the archives  The Rothschild family (Frankfurt, London, Paris, Vienna, Naples)
  15. 1822 The Imperial Court  Rothschild family (Frankfurt, London, Paris, Vienna, Naples)
  16. 1812–1855 The German courts  The Rothschild family (Frankfurt, London, Paris, Vienna, Naples)
  17. the 1st century Where the Emperor's Face Reaches  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  18. the 4th–1st centuries BC A Gaulish oppidum, northern Gaul  France
  19. the 2nd–1st centuries BC The workshop of a Celtic craftsman  Britain
  20. AD 117 The Portraits of the Five Good Emperors  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  21. a letter to the future To 1,600 Years On  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  22. 117–138 The northern sea of the province of Britannia  Britain
  23. the 4th–2nd centuries BC The sacred precinct on the Massalian headland  France
  24. 2nd century BC The Kingdom of Pergamon  Greece
  25. From 44 BC Mints of the Colonies  Greece
  26. 221–206 BC A table for inspecting coins  China
  27. the 5th–3rd centuries BC The mint of Emporion  Spain
  28. the 3rd century BC The mint of Qart Hadasht  Spain
  29. the 6th–3rd centuries BC A market in the waterlands of Chu  China
  30. c. 275–c. 65 BC Mesembria on the Black Sea  Greece
  31. Circa 292/290 BC The court of Pella  Greece
  32. From 297 BC Mint of Byzantion  Greece
  33. Circa 300 BC The Royal Palace of Alexandria  Greece
  34. Circa 321 BC Alexandria  Greece
  35. c. 323–65 BC The British Museum Catalogue  Greece
  36. 336–323 BC Lifetime mints  Greece
  37. From 413 BC The harbor of Syracuse  Greece
  38. the end of the 5th century Visigothic Hispania  Spain
  39. the 6th–5th centuries BC A mint of the colony cities  Italy
  40. 44 BC The mint of Rome  Italy
  41. 15 March 44 The Theatre of Pompey  Italy
  42. the end of the 5th century Ravenna  Italy
  43. Late 5th century BC The Fountain of Ortygia  Greece
  44. Around 510 BC The foot of the Acropolis  Greece
  45. Circa 525–515 BC The Minting Site  Greece
  46. AD 537 Hagia Sophia  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  47. the 6th century BC Sybaris and Metapontum  Italy
  48. Mid-6th century BC The City of Peisistratus  Greece
  49. From the mid-6th century BC The mint of Athens  Greece
  50. Mid-6th century BC – c. 510 BC A 19th-Century Study  Greece
  51. Late 6th to early 5th century BC A late 6th-century BC workshop  Greece
  52. the 6th–7th centuries The Merovingian court  France
  53. the end of the 7th century–the earlier 8th century A market of the North Sea trading world  Britain
  54. AD 692 The Face of God  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  55. AD 696 Damascus  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  56. the later 8th century The court of Mercia  Britain
  57. 834–the later 9th century Dorestad, a river channel running dry  Netherlands
  58. about 886 London  Britain
  59. the end of the 10th century–the 11th century Scandinavia  Britain
  60. Late 10th century Kiev  Russia
  61. the 10th–11th centuries The Île-de-France  France
  62. the 12th–13th centuries The territories of Saxony and Thuringia  Germany
  63. the 12th–13th centuries Central-eastern Germany, an engraver's workshop  Germany
  64. the 13th century St Mark's Square  Italy
  65. 12th–13th centuries Noble's residence  Korea
  66. The Open Port Period A storefront in an open port  Korea
  67. 1252 The Zecca of Florence  Italy
  68. 1340–1360 Upon the waters of the Channel  Britain
  69. 1344 A market in London  Britain
  70. the 12th–14th centuries The Meseta of Castile  Spain
  71. the middle of the 15th century The quays of Lagos  Portugal
  72. the end of the 15th century The Zecca of Milan  Italy
  73. the end of the 15th century The court of Milan  Italy
  74. 1461–1475 The mint of Paris  France
  75. 1465 The London mint  Britain
  76. 1472 The Zecca of Venice  Italy
  77. 1497 Castile, a gold workshop  Spain
  78. 1514–1547 The mint of the kingdom  France
  79. 1519 The city on the lake  Mexico
  80. 1521–1543 The seventeen provinces, upon the ledger  Netherlands
  81. 1521– New Spain  Mexico
  82. 1523–1532 The treasure-room of the Louvre  France
  83. 1528–1539 The gallery of the palace of Fontainebleau  France
  84. 1544–1551 A market in London  Britain
  85. 14th–16th century Coin face  India
  86. 15th–16th centuries Northern Italy  Austria
  87. 16th century Mints in Central Europe  Austria
  88. 1557 Brabant, a mint  Netherlands
  89. from 1566 The mints of the empire's territories  Germany
  90. 1566 The workshop of an engraver  Netherlands
  91. 1575 The mint of the province of Holland  Netherlands
  92. 1629–1672 The workshop of the Paris mint  France
  93. 1649–1660 London under the Commonwealth  Britain
  94. the 16th–17th centuries A street corner in Spain itself  Spain
  95. the 16th–17th centuries Cerro Rico, the mountain path of the legend  Spain
  96. the 17th century A counting table at the market  Portugal
  97. the 16th–17th centuries The Zecca of Naples  Italy
  98. the 1660s London and the Guinea coast  Britain
  99. 1732– Mexico City Mint  Mexico
  100. from 1741 Vienna, the Habsburg imperial capital  Germany
  101. 1741 Vienna  Austria
  102. the 18th century The Levant, a port of the eastern Mediterranean  Germany
  103. the earlier 18th century The towns of the several colonies  United States
  104. 18th Century Caribbean  Mexico
  105. 18th century East of the Mediterranean  Austria
  106. 1759–1788 Madrid  Spain
  107. 1766 Kolyvan  Russia
  108. 1767–1773 The Potosí mint  Spain
  109. From 1772 Mexico City Mint  Mexico
  110. 1780 Vienna  Austria
  111. 1780– Mint dies  Austria
  112. from 1781 The states after the fighting has passed  United States
  113. from 1803 All of France  France
  114. AD 1804 Paris  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  115. 1810s Zacatecas  Mexico
  116. 1815–1825 The public-debt registry, Paris  France
  117. 1817 London, the Royal Mint  Britain
  118. 1821–1824 Mexico City Mint  Mexico
  119. 1821–1824 Republic  Mexico
  120. 1821–1824 Mexico City Mint  Mexico
  121. 1824– Mexico City Mint  Mexico
  122. 1835 Coin face  India
  123. From 1844 Money changer's tray  Turkey
  124. 1844– An engraver's workbench  Turkey
  125. 1849 Rome  Italy
  126. the end of the 19th century A money-changer's desk, light at the window  Netherlands
  127. the 18th–19th centuries A merchant's hands stamping chopmarks  China
  128. 17th-19th centuries Chinese market  Mexico
  129. 18th–19th centuries Red Sea  Austria
  130. Late 19th Century Inside a Wallet  Austria
  131. the 1860s A merchant's counting-table, once more  United States
  132. 1861 First note  India
  133. 1863–1864 Washington, the Treasury  United States
  134. 1863– Printing Room  Turkey
  135. 1864–1897 Mexico City Mint  Mexico
  136. 1864-1897 Querétaro  Mexico
  137. 1865–1866 The mint inspector's workbench  France
  138. 1865–1875 A farm on the Great Plains  United States
  139. 1869–1870 Madrid, the mint  Spain
  140. 1873 Washington by night  United States
  141. 1881 the Paper Money Bureau, the engraving room  Japan
  142. 1885 the darkness of the storehouse  Japan
  143. 1889–1911 A desk where the dragon die is engraved  China
  144. From 1892 The Mint  Korea
  145. 1899–1911 Taipei, Busan  Japan
  146. From 1905 At the counter of the Dai-Ichi Bank  Korea
  147. 1910–1914 Chihuahua  Mexico
  148. 1914 Peking: the issue of the new silver coin  China
  149. the 1914s–the 1930s A counting desk inspecting silver coins  China
  150. 1915– In circulation  Russia
  151. 1917 and 1992 Moscow  Russia
  152. 1919 Vienna  Austria
  153. 1919 Coin face  Austria
  154. 1 November 1922 The assembly hall in Ankara  Turkey
  155. 1927 De La Rue's printing works  Turkey
  156. 1927 The artist's studio  Turkey
  157. 1931 From Central to Western Europe  Austria
  158. Middle Ages— Bottom of the Purse  Austria
  159. 1934–38 Vienna  Austria
  160. 1935– London, Paris  Austria
  161. 1940–1944 The mint under the Vichy regime  France
  162. 1941 The mint under occupation  Netherlands
  163. 1945 Vienna  Austria
  164. 2 June 1946 The queue at a polling station  Italy
  165. 1947 The governor's office at the central bank  Italy
  166. the 18th–20th centuries The caravan routes of the Middle East and Africa  Germany
  167. the 1950s Small change at the market  Italy
  168. 20th century Moscow  Russia
  169. 1957–1964 Mexico and This Country  India
  170. 1958 a Showa living room  Japan
  171. 1961–1991 Various locations  Russia
  172. 1970s– Banknote face arrangement  South Korea
  173. June 12, 1973 In circulation  South Korea
  174. 1983–2021 Inside a British purse  Britain
  175. May 1998 The summit in Brussels  Italy
  176. from 2002 The state mint in Rome  Italy
  177. 2002–present In your wallet  Greece
  178. 2006–2007 Inside a wallet  South Korea
  179. from AD 2009 Crypto-assets  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  180. June 23, 2009 In circulation  South Korea
  181. 2009 Amidst Public Opinion  South Korea
  182. 2009–present Inside the same wallet  South Korea
  183. 2009–present A forum for debate  South Korea
  184. 2024 a Japanese living room  Japan
  185. two thousand seven hundred years From the Face of Gods to the Face of the State  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  186. the present Face to Face, 2,400 Years On  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  187. the present day Why We Hold an Ancient Coin  Overview: 2,700 years of the world
  188. the present day The dollar settlement network  United States
  189. Present Current coins  Mexico
  190. Present Modern Athens  Greece

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